Is this true?? (TI & watches)

Chuck Guzis wrote: <snip> All of my watches are still working back to the first quartz electronic thru the Seiko LCD that I have had forever. I guess having a father who was a watchmaker helps in that regard. None of them failed in such a way they were more than adjustment and batteries. Sometimes those who didn't have watchmakers replace their batteries would leave the cases open to leaks which over time would kill off the circuitry. Mechanical timepieces are less prone to that as most people have no reason to open the cases and mess with the insides. I know my dad always sealed the cases properly, as he had the proper seals to make sure they always worked. I wore out a lot of watchbands on several of them. I now just use the time on my cell phone when I need time, as most of the watches I have are too valuable to me as keepsakes to wear, and cell phones have very good time. Also I have several quartz timing test units, but have never tried them with any oscillators other than watches. I guess I should try to see how the M80 Vibrograf or Renotest would work with a purely electronic device. They both read out drift figures as well as rate information for adjustments. Sorry for the topic drift. Jim